Bear Cages at Ainu Village, Shiraoi, Hokkaido

Ainu bear cages at Shiraoi, Hokkaido, Japan, 1931. Photograph taken by Nell Lloyd, granddaughter of R.T. Andrews, founder of Hertford Museum. R.T.’s sister Louisa married missionary Dr John Batchelor and lived in Hokkaido with him for 50 years until her death in 1936.